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Sunday is the last day of the event, with another early Vegas start, after 3 nights in Las Vegas this can be difficult, but the SIV Staff was on deck at 8:30am at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS) for the annual Supra Drag Race Challenge.
Drag racers begin to line up for some test runs as the track goes hot.
MK3 class winner, with a 12.73 run, Daryl Hall of BC, Canada, is tech’d and ready to go.
So Cal’s Darian Wilcox and Arizona’s Ryan Christopher line up to start the day.
Alex Smith’s 2jz Turbo SC300 gave the Mk4 cousins a run for their money.
Stu Hagan, would take the Stock Turbo Housing class, in his Silver rocket with a pass of 12.05Supras in Vegas does not piggy back onto a drag race event, they rent the LVMS Strip for a private event and invite locals to challenge the Supras in various classes. The racers begin to roll in at 9 am and the track went hot for Test and Tune at 10am.
Mike Carwin, would take the Best Overall Supra for the weekend. Mike participated in all the events, winning the Dyno and making it to the Semis of Supras vs World and 6-Speed Challenge classes.Vegas local and event sponsor Dana Westover of Virtual Works Racing, hammered down the fastest pass of the day, in the Outlaw Class with an 8.28 second pass. The Six-Speed class was exciting and Utah Supra owner David Stephens was almost untouchable as he laid down consistent mid 9-Second passes all day.
Dave Stephens of Utah, took the 6-speed Class, running in the 9’s all day, his winning pass was a 9.79 but his fastest was 9.44
Outlaw class winner, Dana Westover of Virtual Works, posted the fastest time at 8.28, he is the two time Outlaw ChampThe Supra Street Class was the largest class and possibly most exciting to watch. All of these cars had to be registered for street use and on street tires. With over half the field in the 10’s this would be a driver’s race. Ian, owner of Title Sponsor FSR Motorsports, would be as consistent as they come with mid 10’s all day. He would take the win in his final match up, with a pass of 10.48.
Fastest overall street class Supra would go to Ian, owner of FSR Motorsports, with consistent mid 10 second passes all day, his winning pass would be a 10.48.The most exciting class is the Supras vs. World class. This is open to Supras and non Supras to compete. With Grand Nationals, Nova’s, Mustang’s and Honda’s competing to knock out the event headliners, it made for a fun afternoon. The final match would come down to Tony Tabet’s Acura Integra and Washington’s Justus Steckman. The Acura was race prepped and running mid 10’s all day. Justus’s Supra a strong street car that competed in 3 classes that day. This was hands down the best race of the day. With the Supra Community’s pride on the line Justus would save his best pass for when it counted, running a 10.37 to beat the mighty Acura’s 10.52, for the win.
One of the best races of the night was the final of the Supras vs World class. Justus Steckman of Washington would represent the Supras against Tony Tabet’s race prepped Acura Integra. Justus would take home the win with a 10.37 to the Acura’s 10.52The four day event comes to an end for 2015 and looks to continue its growth in 2016. The Toyota Supra went out of production in the United States in 1998, but the spirit of its community is as bright and strong as ever.
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